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Accident | |
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Date | 19 April 1983 |
Summary | Controlled flight into terrain (CFIT) due to crew and air traffic control errors |
Site | Mount Shishtepe, Lori Province, 41 km from Gyumri, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union 40°18′16″N 44°54′44″E / 40.30444°N 44.91222°E |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Yakovlev Yak-40 |
Operator | Aeroflot (Armenian Civil Aviation Directorate, Leninakan OAE) |
Registration | CCCP-87291 |
Flight origin | Gumrak Airport, Volgograd |
Stopover | Nalchik Airport |
Destination | Shirak Airport, Leninakan |
Passengers | 17 |
Crew | 4 |
Fatalities | 21 |
Survivors | 0 |
Aeroflot Flight E-46 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight that crashed on Tuesday, April 19, 1983, near Leninakan (now Gyumri), Armenia. The aircraft, a Yakovlev Yak-40 operated by Aeroflot, impacted terrain, resulting in the deaths of all 21 people on board.